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10 Roubles Transcaspian Region
| Issuer | Transcaspian Provisional Government - Ashkhabad Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Two heraldic eagles flank the design at left and right, with a central crowned lion-and-shield arms vignette set within an ornate foliate cartouche. The denomination '10' appears in rosetted roundels on either side, with the face value in Cyrillic above the central inscription panel. Below, manuscript signatures of the Manager and Cashier appear at left and right of a boxed declaration panel, all printed in brownish ink on plain paper. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on plain paper with a simple decorative border. The denomination 'ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ' is displayed in two lines within a central ornamental panel, flanked on each side by the numeral '10'. A central oval cartouche carries the issuing authority inscription. The serial number prefix 'АБ' appears at lower left with the number at lower right, and an anti-counterfeiting warning is printed below, with the year '1919 г.' at the bottom. |
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The Transcaspian Provisional Government emerged in July 1918 when local Socialist Revolutionaries and railway workers — with significant British military support from Meshed — overthrew Tashkent's Bolshevik authority and held the region until early 1920. Its currency issues were desperately improvised. The Ashkhabad branch of the State Bank operated under acute material constraints, and the 1919 notes were produced locally rather than through any established security printer.
The S1136 series circulated in a region actively contested by Bolshevik forces pressing from the north and east. When Transcaspian resistance collapsed in February 1920, redemption was nonexistent — holders lost everything, which is partly why circulated survivors outnumber any formally cancelled stock.